Hours before President Trump ordered 200 Oregon National Guard members into what he called “war-ravaged Portland,” he admitted he might not be getting accurate information from his own team.

In an interview with NBC News , Trump described a conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D), saying she had told him that conditions on the ground were far calmer than the chaos portrayed to him by his aides.

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